The Creemore
Echo
Friday, September 24, 2010 Vol. 10 No. 39
News and views in and around Creemore
Inside the Echo “Sew It, Grow It, Show It”
155th InAnnual Fall Fair Clearview Township
DOUBLE-SHOT WEEKEND Creemore and surrounds will a busy September 24, 25, 26,be 2010
presented by the Collingwood Agricultural Society place this weekend with two major events taking place: the 2010 Purple Hills Studio Tour and the Great Northern Exhibition. For information on FRIDAY Day 15. the art tour, see pages 10 and 11. For the fair, see pagesEducation 3 and 4-H Show
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Ambassador Program Talent show Field Tractor Pull Brett Baker Vermicultue
CLEARVIEW TO SEND STAYNER WASTE TO WASAGA SATURDAY
Flower Arrangement GNE Idol Horse Pull Mudbog Beef Cattle Show Farrier Competition Fiddle & Step Dance Lawn Mower Races The Ballagh Bunch
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Chef’s Challenge Horse Show - Heavy, Mini, English, Pony Antique Tractor Pull Demolition Derby Baby Show Dog Show The Black Family PorkChop BBQ
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LEADING THE PACK Creemore felt a little like a French village during the Tour de France last Sunday
as 500 participants in the inaugural Centurion 100-mile cycling race rode down Mill Street, about 40 miles into their ride. Another 500 cyclists rode a 50-mile course in northwest Clearview Township and the Town of the Blue Mountains the same morning, and about 300 took part in a 25-mile ride on Saturday. Both organizers and participants, some from as far away as California, declared the event a resounding success. For more photos, see page 7.
Many opportunities to be an informed voter by Brad Holden Clearview’s Municipal Election will hit its stride next week, with the first of an unprecedented number of political debates getting underway on Sunday, September 26 and mail-in ballots being mailed out to those on the voter’s list on Tuesday, September 28. If you’re planning on mailing your ballot back to the Township, it must be posted by Saturday, October 16. However, ballots can be hand-delivered to the Clearview Township Administration Centre up until 8 pm on Monday, October 25, the official Election Day. (If you’re unsure of what ward you are voting in, see page 8 of today’s paper.) The Echo encourages people to take their time in making decisions and avoid the urge to send their ballots back as soon as they get them. In addition to our special Election issue on Friday, October 1, there will be several opportunities to meet and question candidates over the next few weeks. Voters in Ward 3 (Dunedin) will get their first opportunity on Sunday, September 26. The four candidates vying for that seat – David Huskinson, Jace Metheral, Brent Preston and Marc Royal – will take part in two all-candidates meetings that day, from 1 to 2:30 pm at Dunedin Hall and from 3:30 to 5 pm at the Singhampton Community Centre.
On Friday, October 1, the Nottawasaga Community Hall in Duntroon is hosting an all-candidates meeting for the three candidates running in Ward 2 (Duntroon) – Orville Brown, John Millar and Ivan Weatherall – as well as the candidates for Mayor (Ken Ferguson and Chris Vanderkruys) and Deputy Mayor (Eric Jelinski and Alicia Savage). That meeting will start at 7 pm. On Sunday, October 3, the Creemore Echo will host an all-candidates meeting for Ward 3 (Dunedin), Ward 4 (Creemore), Deputy Mayor and Mayor, beginning at 2 pm at the Creemore Arena Hall. Running in Ward 4 are Michael Bennett and Thom Paterson. On Wednesday, October 6, the Stayner Sun and the Stayner Chamber of Commerce will join forces to host an all-candidates meeting, beginning at 7 pm at the Stayner Community Centre. Candidates for Clearview’s seven wards will be available for conversation at their information tables, but the speeches and question/answer portion of the night will be limited to the candidates for Mayor and Deputy Mayor. In Mulmur, there are two all-candidates meetings planned, one hosted by the Dufferin County Chamber of Commerce (which took place on Thursday, September 23) and one hosted by the Mono Mulmur Citizen’s Coalition, being held at 9:30 am on Saturday, October 9 at the Mulmur Township Office.
by Brad HoldenMore info: 705.444.0308 Web: greatnorthernex.com Clearview Township voted unanimously to 2220 FairgroundsCouncil Road North off Highway 26W approve an agreement with the town of Wasaga Beach Monday night that will give Clearview the ability to send the sewage from up to 5,000 Stayner housing units to Wasaga Beach’s treatment plant. Calling the night “a historic evening,” Deputy Mayor Alicia Savage pointed out that the move would take pressure off Stayner’s existing treatment plant, which has capacity for about 500 more units, and allow the Township to finally service some industrial land in an attempt to attract jobs to the area. “We have done nothing for 25 to 30 years and we have limped along,” she said. “Meanwhile, I can give you a list of businesses that have left town when they needed to expand, or decided not to come here at all. To do nothing means no jobs.” Savage’s remarks were in response to a deputation by her opponent in the election, Deputy Mayoral candidate Eric Jelinski, who addressed Council at the outset of the meeting and pleaded with them to turn down the deal and take a “do-nothing approach.” (See “Wasaga” on page 3)
Echo Briefs
Former Reeve Passes Away
Creemore suffered a significant loss this week with the passing of Ralph MacDonald on Tuesday at age 73. A longtime Council member and former Reeve of the village of Creemore, MacDonald’s construction business has also been a major employer in the area for more than 50 years. A funeral service for MacDonald will be held at 1 pm on Friday, September 24 at the Creemore branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Fatal Farm Accident
The Dufferin OPP Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of Labour are investigating a farm accident that occurred this past Tuesday at a farm located in Melancthon Township. At approximately 7 pm that day, 30-year-old Michael Tupling, a resident of Mulmur Township, was assisting in the harvesting of potatoes when he received serious injuries while working with a harvesting machine. He succumbed to the injuries at the scene.
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